Opioids quitting oxy cold turkey

[darthrhonin]

Hi everyone, after recent events (someone could have read it on the Dark Side forum) i decided (and i'm also forced to lol) quitting oxy.
I used it everyday in a 80-100 mg daily for 2-3 weeks (i don't really remember how much time i spended on it).
Now it's 2 days i'm out of oxy and have only 2mg alprazolam daily (morning-evening). I used to take 2.5-4mg alprazolam before this.
Yesterday and the day before i was quite well, maybe a little disoriented.
Now (oh yeah on saturday night, wow) i'm feeling shit, i have some pain to the back, i feel tired and want to sleep but also want to going dancing , but i feel too weak to do it. I feel the air surrounding me it's cold, but my parents say it's a good day, better than others.
I took 1mg alprazolam this morning, so my next dose will be within 1 hour or so, but it'll probably put me asleep and nothing more.
The strange thing, is i started feeling so bad only after my oxy-alchool OD (240mg oxy 2 double malts, survived obviously) and it's increasing.
Is this withdrawal or only a strange day? Are opiates-wd also last-dose dependents? And it's alprazolam in such dosages a good help?

EDIT: I think it's definitely wd, i started crying withouth reason and i have terribly mood swings

 

[majorigpa]

you're going through withdrawal, and you're gonna feel physically funky for at least the next 2 or 3 days. you're withdrawal WAS probably mentally last-dose dependent today but won't continue on so strong for the rest of your WD. the alprazolam will definitely help, though i wouldn't take it for more than a few days after today. it is very common to feel restless, yet fatigued, and to have your body temperature fluctuate greatly. in addition to acetaminophen, try some icy/hot or a heat pack for your back pain and just hang in there. withdrawals are uncomfortable but by no means unbearable. best of luck to you, you're not alone in this!!

 

[darthrhonin]

really hope so..feeling terribly...
thanks for helping i'll follow your advice..

 

[twotoomany]

You'll get through it man. The next two days ain't gonna be a picnic, but with some benzos on hand you'll be better prepared than I was on my last quit. Good luck, and feel free to reach out to some of us if you need to talk.

 

[majorigpa]

if you're feeling really really bad, take some loperamide. use the search function, there should be thread about it here on bluelight. here in the US it is marketed as Immodium, and it's a very mild opiate that is absorbed through your gastrointestinal tract, used to stop diarrhea. they are tiny capsules, usually 2mg's each, and can be bought over the counter at any drug store. i buy bottles of 96 at a time and use it to combat withdrawals sort of like suboxone. i use heroin, about a half gram a day, and when i have gone through withdrawals in the past i have started with 40mgs (20 capsules). it takes about 2 hours to kick in, and it should relieve your physical and mental symptoms a bit. like suboxone, don't take any more than you need to feel better, and then take less and less each day until you feel like your pain is manageable. thats really the only over the counter remedy im aware of, good luck mate.

 

[macd610]

Darthrhonin, oxycodone withdrawal can vary greatly from one person to the next. I currently take approximately 250mg/day of oxycodone IR. Occasionally I run out before it's time for my next rx to be filled.
For me, the first day or two aren't so bad... it seems that once I hit day 3 the hell really begins. I am sweating to death while being freezing cold at the same time. I am hungry, but I am too nauseous to eat. I feel extremely restless,especially mentally, but I am too weak to do anything. Whatever I happen to think about seems to bring me to tears. Every bad thing that has ever happened to me, all of the things I have done wrong seem to comeand charging into my brain uncontrollably and relentlessly. I'm exhausted but cannot sleep.
I have noticed that all of my senses seem piqued; scents are much more noticeable, I'm more sensitive to light, shadows seem to come to life in the dark.
Any emotions I feel are intensified times 10. AND THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE CRYING IS CRAZY!
Please realize I am NOT saying that you will be going through all of this. This is my experience and everyone is different... I must admit, I don't know how much difference it makes... but I have been on this drug for years. I have never used this drug for as short a period of time as you, unfortunately.
I I think it is pretty normal to feel like a walking contradiction at this point.
I wish you all the luck in the world. Please keep us posted.
Cat

 

[darthrhonin]

I am sweating to death while being freezing cold at the same time. I am hungry, but I am too nauseous to eat. I feel extremely restless,especially mentally, but I am too weak to do anything. Whatever I happen to think about seems to bring me to tears. Every bad thing that has ever happened to me, all of the things I have done wrong seem to comeand charging into my brain uncontrollably and relentlessly. I'm exhausted but cannot sleep.; [...] AND THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE CRYING IS CRAZY!

Cat

This. Definitely. Apart from sweating, now. I'll look for loperamide i know my pharm have this Imodium so i'll easily get it. I'lll keep you posted here, thanks very much it's a such contradictorly WD...

 

[Swimmingdancer]

I must admit, I don't know how much difference it makes... but I have been on this drug for years.

It does make a big difference how long you've been using opioids. Wish I'd realized that when I first got dependent on them, that withdrawals were going to only get worse and worse the longer I used. Also post-acute withdrawal symptoms should be a lot easier and shorter for someone who has only been on Oxy a couple weeks. Stay strong OP "This too shall pass".

 

[darthrhonin]

luckily i realized oxy was eating my life after only 3 weeks. Can'timagine something worse (seizures excluded, i'm quite hopeful i wont have)
regarding that "This too shall pass", tell it to gandalf, let's see if this "CAN PASSSSSSSS" haha

 

[strongman2012]

I took 3.75mg Zopiclone for 5 days only (a good understanding GP this time, said they can be addictive also....so only 5 days) and this really really did help.

 

[Swimmingdancer]

luckily i realized oxy was eating my life after only 3 weeks. Can'timagine something worse (seizures excluded, i'm quite hopeful i wont have)

Yeah, that's the problem with the first time you get withdrawals, it feels so horrible because you have nothing worse to compare it to. I hope you succeed in getting through this and don't have to experience anything worse. It's very important to work on the reasons you were using oxy in the first place, and to learn how to cope with cravings. If you get a craving remind yourself that you don't have to actually act on it.

regarding that "This too shall pass", tell it to gandalf, let's see if this "CAN PASSSSSSSS" haha

LOL, Gandalf said "You shall not pass!" - "This too shall pass" is an ancient proverb to remind you that your situation is temporary. It will get better and you'll be glad you got through it instead of going back to using only to have to go through withdrawals all over again.

 

[darthrhonin]

LOL That pic is my "Good morning!" today ahaha at least i'm laughingh after only 10 minutes i'm awake!

it feels so horrible because you have nothing worse to compare it

yep and hope not to have something worse...actually i found caffeine to heelp with the weakness sensation
so strongman if zopiclone in such low dosage help, i think i'll split my 1mg xanax pill in half and manage to use those 4 parts when i really need